Car-mover.



G. H. SHOTWELL.

GAR MOVER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, 1908.

902,336. Y Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

a 9 I I -37? 1; W/TNESSES 4L INVENTOI? Cizaziea EJ'fzoizreZZ v Cir seenthat the car mover is use UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. SHOTWELL, OF AKRON, OHIO.

CAR-MOVER.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. Snor- WELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Akron, in the county of Summit and State ofOhio, have invented a new and Improved Car-Mover, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to car movers, and has for its object to provide alever composed of two members which are pivoted together, the fulcrumbeing adapted to be adjusted in operative position after the load armhas been disposed against a car wheel, the load arm which serves as ashoe, having a surface which is adapted to conform with the con-"figuration of the tread of the car wheel. By this construction a carmover is provided which can be adjusted to a car wheel by opening andclosing the pivoted members, and one which, when once in osition, can beslipped along the periphery o a car wheel until it is in a roperposition, when the power may be app ied at the end of the power arm, bywhich action the car mover is locked to the car wheel, and as the wheelturns under the movement of the' car mover secured thereto, the car ispropelled.

Still other objects of the invention will be set forth in the followingmore complete description of the invention.

In this specification I will describe my preferred form of theinvention, but I do not limit myself thereto, as I consider myselfentitled to all forms and embodiments which may be held to fall withinthe scope of the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures, in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a car wheel with my car mover applied thereto Fig. 2 is anenlarged plan view of my car mover with the tread of a car wheel, partlyin section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, to show the relationship of my carmover to a car wheel; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of mycar mover.

By referring to the drawin s, it will be to rotate an ordinary car wheel1, which is mounted in the usual manner and travels on a track 2. Thecar mover is composed of two members 3 and 4, which are pivoted togetheras shown at 5, on which are formed a shoe 6, a flange 7,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 8, 1908.

Patented Oct. 2'7, 1908.

Serial No. 431,571.

and a lip 8 forming a fulcrum. The upper member 3 is preferablyconstructed of wood, and is inserted in a socket 9, which may be madeintegral with the shoe 6. This shoe is adapted to conform with theconfiguration of the tread 10 of the car wheel 1, and it has a groove 11in which the flange 12 of the car wheel may travel, and the flange 7 isadapted to be disposed against one side of the wheel. The lower member4, which as stated, is pivoted to the members 3 and 5, has a jaw 1.3,adapted to conform with the side of the car wheel opposite the flange12, this jaw 13 having a rectangular transverse opening 14 near itsouter terminal, and in this opening is disposed an elongated block 15,held relatively to the jaw 13 by means of a thumb-screw 16, which mesheswith a screw thread in the jaw 13, permitting the thumb-screw 16 toengage the elongated block 15, to hold it securely. As shown in Figs. 2and 3, a series of orifices 17 are rovided in the members 3 and 4 andthe soc ct 9, by means of which the members 3 and 4 may be pivoted atdifferent points to enable the flange 7 and the jaw 13 to straddle allforms of car wheels.

In using my invention, the members 3 and 4 are separated so that theflange 7 is at some distance from the jaw 13 and the car mover is thenadjusted to the tread of the car wheel with the flange 12 of the carwheel in the groove 11, and the flange 7 against the car wheel flange12, and the members 3 and 4 are then drawn together, which brings thejaw 13 close against the opposite side of the car wheel with theelongated block 15, and the lip 8 forming the fulcrum of the car mover.With the car mover in this position, with the shoe 6 disposed upwardly,it is possible to slightly depress the members 3 and 4 and push the shoeto any desired position on the tread of the car wheel 1, and when thisposition has been obtained, by an upward pressure on the members 3 and4, the lip 8, forming the fulcrum, engages on the inner side of the carwheel tread, while the shoe 6 firmly engages the outside of the carwheel tread, and when the upward pressure is continued on the members 3and 4, the car wheel 1 is caused to rotate and by this means the car ismoved. In adjusting the jaw 13, should it be found that the elongatedblock 15 is too lon or too short with reference to the car whee 1, thethumb-screw 16 is unscrewed and the elongated block 15 is adjusted toconform with the car wheel. While all car wheels are substantiallyuniform, they arm, a shoe and a flange, the flange being often vary afraction of an inch across the tread, and for this reason I provide theelongated block 15, to permit of an adjustment with reference to aparticular wheel, so that the members 3 and 4 will be close togetherwhen the car mover is in position for use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent. I

1. A car mover composed of two members pivoted one over the other, meanson one of the said members which are adapted to engage with the innerside of a car wheel to form a fulcrum, and a shoe on the other memberwhich is disposed vertically of the members.

2. A car mover composed of two members pivoted one over the other, meanson one of the said members which are adapted to en gage with the innerside of a car wheel to form a fulcrum, a flange on the other arm, and ashoe secured to one of the arms.

3. In a car mover, a member, a shoe and a flange secured. thereto, theshoe being adapted to engage the tread of a car wheel and the flangebeing adapted to engage one side of the wheel, and another member whichis pivoted to the first member and which is adapted to engage theopposite side of the Wheel and thus clamp the car mover thereto.

4. In a car mover, a member, a shoe and a flange on the member, therebeing a groove in the shoe for the flange of the wheel and the shoeconforming in other respects to the wheel tread, and another memberpivoted to the first member, the second member having means whichtogether with the flange on the first member are adapted to clamp a carwheel.

5. In a car mover, a member having an arm, a shoe and a flange, theflange being adapted to fit against one side of a car wheel, the shoeconforming in configuration with the tread of the car wheel, and anothermember pivoted to the first member, the said other member having an armand means which are adapted to fit against the other side of the carwheel and thus clamp it.

6. In a car mover, a member having an adapted to fit against one side ofthe car wheel, the shoe conforming in configuration With the tread ofthe car wheel, another member pivoted to the first member, the saidother member having an arm and means which are adapted to fit againstthe other side of the car wheel, and means to adjust the relativepositions of the flange and the said means which are adapted to fitagainst the side of the car wheel when moving the said arms relativelyto each other.

7. In a car mover, a member having a shoe which is adapted to engage thetread of a wheel, another member, one of the said members having aflange, the other member having a jaw, the members being pivoted together by which means the flange and the jaw are adapted to clamp a carwheel, and means in connection with the jaw by which the car mover maybe adjusted to different types of car wheels.

8. In a car mover, a member, a shoe, an arm and a flange on the saidmember, the shoe conforming in configuration with the tread of the carwheel, and another member pivoted to the first member, the second memberhaving means which together with the flange are adapted to grasp the carwheel and act as a fulcrum for the lever formed of the shoe and the arm.

9. In a car mover, a member, a shoe, an arm and a flange on the saidmember, the shoe conforming in configuration with the tread of the carwheel, another member pivoted to the first member, the second memberhaving means which together with the flange are adapted to grasp the carwheel and act as a fulcrum for the lever formed of the shoe and the arm,and means in one of the members to assist in adapting the car mover todifferent types of car wheels.

. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES H. SIIOTWELL.

Witnesses:

CORNELIUS I-I. SPRIGGEL, CLARK WV. CHERRY.

